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The uneasy relationship between Putnam County's two top law enforcement officials virtually exploded roughly 11 days ago when deputies arrested the district attorney's former live-in trainer in the rape of a 12-year-old girl.

The discord between Sheriff Donald Smith and District Attorney Adam Levy began long before sheriff's investigators arrested Alexandru Hossu on two rape charges in an alleged 2010 attack.

Levy has acknowledged that Hossu, 35, is a longtime family friend but has refused to detail their relationship or say how the illegal immigrant came to live with him, his wife and ...